The phrase
"stiff penalties" means a very severe punishment or consequences for someone's actions.
Full definition
She has spent the last three years working on animal welfare legislation and public policy, a field that is crucial to the development of laws with
stiffer penalties for acts of animal cruelty.
It's surprising that there are so many uninsured drivers on the road, since most states have some sort of mandatory insurance laws, usually
with stiff penalties for uninsured drivers.
Consumers watching interest rates should also watch out for
stiff penalties if they decide to withdraw money from certificates of deposit early.
They also propose tough public service announcements and social media campaign to warn children of the dangers, and
stiffer penalties against major drug dealers.
It does not seem reasonable to levy
stiff penalties on taxpayers who are reporting and paying taxes on investments held in Canadian accounts but inadvertently missed filing paperwork.
In hockey, perhaps it
means stiffer penalties for hits from behind, especially along the boards, where the injury such a hit can cause can be catastrophic.
Banks
charge stiff penalties for withdrawing from CDs before they mature, so consider carefully how much you plan to invest in a CD, and for how long.
On the other hand, ending the drug war would free drug control officers to concentrate on protecting children from exploitation, and
here stiff penalties would continue to be in effect.
If you don't, you could
face stiff penalties that take a big cut of your extra income from these credits.
However, driving with a suspended or revoked license
carries stiff penalties, and is far different than a typical traffic ticket offense.
And of course, further Tennessee DWI and DUI convictions will result
in stiffer penalties including jail time, community service, fines, and Tennessee license suspension or even Tennessee license revocation.
By filing an extension, you will
avoid stiff penalties for not filing your federal tax returns by the April 15 deadline.
Facebook's mishandling of its users» personal information prompted
stiff penalties from the U.S. government in 2011 — including a requirement that the social giant submit to regular privacy checkups for the next two decades.
It also
enacted stiffer penalties for illegal gun possession and required mental health professionals to report patients to law enforcement authorities if they think the patients might harm themselves or others with a weapon.
Despite the protections in the Act for whistleblowers, one may ask if such people are really likely to be able to stay anonymous and thus safe, or should suffer
very stiff penalties for choosing not to send their spouses and fathers of their children, and possibly main source of support, off to jail and not to make them unemployable for many years.
The owner of the agency, Agnes Francisco, 56, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $ 1.5 million last December while many of her employees were hit with
stiff penalties as well, according to media reports.
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Signas
said stiffer penalties only apply to repeat offenders who drive recklessly.
The Trump administration said it will
seek stiffer penalties against drug dealers — including the death penalty where appropriate under current law — and it wants the number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers to be cut by one - third nationwide as part of a broad effort to combat the opioid crisis.
If you break the rules in Ontario, you will
suffer stiffer penalties starting in March when the new Real Estate and Business Brokers Act comes into effect.
Ahmed noted the state government sees cultism as a serious security issue requiring urgent attention and has accordingly amended the State Cultism Law to
prescribe stiffer penalties for convicts and those who aid and abet them.
And those that do not can face
stiff penalties under a law known as the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007.
Another possible solution to the crazy Vancouver real estate market is to
establish stiffer penalties for real estate agents who breach the laws that regulate the industry.
The type of license you have can also be a factor in
how stiff the penalties are, as CDL licensees are likely too familiar with.
There are policies now available, though they are rare, that allow for «commutation» which enables you to reverse your decision and collect a lump sum, but this process is normally expensive and involves
paying stiff penalty fees.
There are
increasingly stiff penalties for failure to have the required limits: for the first offense, a fine of $ 200 to $ 1,000 and / or up to 90 days in jail; for subsequent convictions up to 10 years, a fine of $ 200 to $ 3,000 and / or up to one year in jail.
The GDPR
creates stiff penalties for any exposure of personally identifiable information about a citizen of the EU, mandating rapid reporting of any breach by the affected entity and enabling massive fines in the event of an exposure.
If you break the rules in Ontario, you will suffer
stiffer penalties starting in March when the new Real Estate and Business Brokers Act...
People whose dogs bite should be held responsible; leash and license laws should be enforced; and dog abusers should
receive stiffer penalties.
They have proposed a new Code of Maryland Regulation (COMAR), regulation 14.09.01.20, that would pretty much give defense lawyers carte blanche to both schedule and compel plaintiffs claimants IMEs at will with
potential stiff penalties for the failure to appear.
If these proposals are implemented, there may be
stiff penalties associated with companies that don't comply, such as a one - year moratorium from the ability to raise funding via exemption 506, so pay attention and tread carefully.
If you don't withdraw at least a specific minimum amount, you'll
owe stiff penalties to the IRS.